Today's Word "indigence"
A state of extreme poverty
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indigence \IN-dih-juhn(t)s\ (noun) - A state of extreme poverty or destitution.
"Such was the band's indigence that all they could afford was 'loser's lunch', a meal which consisted of baloney on hand, as they could not afford even bread."
Indigence comes from Latin indigentia, "neediness," from indigens, indigent- present participle of indigere to be in need of, from Latin indu (archaic form of in-), "in" + egere "to be needy, to need, to lack." The adjective form is indigent.
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